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- Tips For An Easy Public Speaking
- Most people were ask, on what is their most hated experience, and most respondents answered Public Speaking. Almost everyone hates to speak in public. The main reason people are scared to speak in public is they are scared that their audience will laugh at them when they commit some mistakes,...
- White papers 2008-01-01
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- Poll: The Right Thing for the Wrong Reason?
- Poll: The Right Thing for the Wrong Reason?Yes, but...Motives are hidden and results are transparent. Who determines beyond an unseen force what someone's true motive for doing something is? I'm not certain have been taught that altruism is good and selfishness is bad, in which case they are still seeking...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Why So Many Insured People Have Big Medical Debts
- One in seven adult Californians who are less than 65 years old are paying off medical debts in excess of $2,000. Remarkably, two-thirds of those debtors are insured, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Policy Research. Among the 2.2 million people who were paying...
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- NYT's Heekin-Canedy: By Itself, Bay Area Report Won't Be Reason To Subscribe
- The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) is particularly proud of one circulation statistic: 73 percent of its home-delivery subscribers have been on board for at least two years. That core—“the barometer of the health of the Times,” NYT President and GM Scott Heekin-Canedy calls it —has grown steadily since...
- External links 2009-10-15
- People's United Financial Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line of Mark Fitzgibbon. Please proceed. Mark Fitzgibbon - Sandler O'Neill & Partners Good morning, fellows, or good afternoon, fellows. First question I had is on credit. First off, you had one large commercial...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-20
- Is It OK To Buy for the Wrong Reason?
- Scenario: There are two competitors in an account with identically-priced products. Sales rep "A" has a product that better matches the customer's business need. Sales rep "B" has a product that's not quite as good at meeting the customer's business need. However, the customer prefers to do business with sales...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Why I Hate E-readers, and Doubt They'll Ever Hit the Mainstream
- It started with Sony. Like most poorly thought-out format ideas from the Japanese titan, 2004's Librie ereader promised a revolutionary new way to perform an act you never realized needed an overhaul. Reading. Books, in the paper and ink form, have been...
- News items 2009-12-10
- The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?
- The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?I'm all for encouraging healthy behaviourOvereating and smoking are voluntary behaviors, and they are not the tobacco company's or food company's fault. If I were you boss and saw this kind of behavior (always blaming someone else for something...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- More Companies Firing People Over Social Media (Mis)use
- Employees should be more careful than ever about what sort of work-related information they post online. A new report indicates that companies are growing increasingly aware of inappropriate sharing, with many incidents resulting in someone getting fired. Proofpoint found that businesses have definitely become wary about blogs. An official statement...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Jonathan Safran Foer on his book "Eating Animals"
- by Tyler Falk If you're a meat eater, don't read Jonathan Safran Foer's new book Eating Animals . Unless, that is, you are a meat eater curious about the health of your body, the planet, or the animals you consume. The acclaimed author of ...
- News items 2009-12-01
- Kyocera Mita America Launches Newest Elements of Multimillion Dollar Integrated Brand Initiative; Kyocera Unveils Product-Specific Ads, Giving End Users ``A Whole New Reason to Smile''
- FAIRFIELD, N.J. -- Kyocera Mita America, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, has launched the next phase of a $20 million integrated branding initiative in North America based on its popular "People Friendly" advertising campaign. This latest phase of the campaign features product-focused advertisements in major business and...
- Research articles 2005-09-26
- AT DEADLINE.
- Losing members Membership in the New York New Media Association is down 16% since the beginning of the year to 7,000, says Executive Director Alice O'Rourke. The No. 1 reason people give for not paying their dues is that they are unemployed. The i...
- Research articles 2001-10-22
- Allergies Considered Leading Cause of Chronic Disease in U.S.
- Over 50 million Americans suffer from allergies, and approximately 55 percent of all U.S. citizens test positive to one or more allergens at some time during their lives. As the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the country, allergies cost the health care system about $18 billion annually. Allergy...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- Guy Vs. Guy: Twitter: Killer Marketing Tool or Pointless Waste of Time?
- Welcome to Guy Vs. Guy! In this recurring feature, Rick and Dave square off on the business and technology issues of the day. This week’s topic: Twitter. It's everywhere these days, but does it have any practical value? Can businesses and business people leverage it as a cheap, unique marketing...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Quote of the Day: Reason and the Best Solution
- "The idea that good decisions should be made by consensus reflects a view popular since the Enlightenment, that in an environment of free exchange of ideas, Reason should always guide us to the Best Solution. In fact, only a minute number of essentially technical problems have a single best solution....
- Blog posts 2007-01-13
- You’re The People Whisperer
- Mary’s training a puppy. She’s taking the job very seriously and doing it well. Both of us think that we should have taken as disciplined an approach to managing people in our entrepreneurial days.The toughest thing for an entrepreneur to learn is that most people want to be led....
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- The Harmony of Faith and Reason: Today faith is often seen as inferior to reason, but in the wisdom of the Middle Ages, faith was bolstered by reason as they worked in concert to lead the believer to God
- The island of Iona lies just off the Scottish coast. It is "a small, fertile crofting island, currently inhabited by around 130 people," says The National Trust for Scotland. While largely unremarkable today, Iona has a storied history. In 563 A.D., St. Columba and 12 monks landed on its southern...
- Research articles 2001-12-31
- Looking for a reason to be gloomy about the economy? Really looking? New York Times economics reporter Louis Uchitelle has just the thing to get you frowning
- * Looking for a reason to be gloomy about the economy? Really looking? New York Times economics reporter Louis Uchitelle has just the thing to get you frowning. He tries to debunk the idea that the economy has been creating about 200,000 new jobs each month. After his debunking, it...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Why Am I Buying Lennar? No Good Reason
- Trader Mark submits:Why am I buying Lennar LEN? No good reason - it's down 15%. Which means sometime in the next few weeks it will be up 15% for no good reason. Trading market. Just making trades. Increasing the position from 0.3% of fund to 2.1%. in the $7.40 range....
- External links 2009-02-11
- Is It OK to Buy For the "Wrong" Reason?
- Here's a selling scenario. You vote on whether it's OK (i.e. ethical) for the customer to buy. Then I'll give more detail and you vote again. After you've got the full story, read my comment at the end of the post. Scenario: Two sales reps, Pat and...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
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